#79278C#79278C

#79278C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.169 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79278C
RGB	rgb(121, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 49.85, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 63.50, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.1286 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.169 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3437, 7.4101, 25.5333)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79278C #3A8C27

analogous

#46278C #79278C #8C276C

triadic

#79278C #8C7927 #278C79

tetradic

#79278C #8C4627 #3A8C27 #276C8C

square

#79278C #8C4627 #3A8C27 #276C8C

split-complementary

#79278C #6C8C27 #278C46

monochromatic

#260C2C #501A5C #79278C #A234BC #BB5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#79278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#79278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79278C

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79278C	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F508A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.169 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a369ae',
    500: '#79278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79278c;
$custom-light: #a369ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.713,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44185,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79278C

secondary

#6AB758

accent

#E04865

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#0F0710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79278C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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